1871-S FIVE DOLLARS
OR HALF EAGLE
PCGS No: 8324
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 25,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Christian
Gobrecht
Diameter: ±21.65
millimeters
Metal content:
Gold - 90%
Other - 10%
Weight: 129
grains (8.24 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark:
"S" (for San Francisco, CA) below the eagle on the reverse
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Recent appearances:
PCGS AU-58. Ex - Bowers and Merena
Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass, Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale",
November 20-21, 2000, Lot 512, "Repunched Date", illustrated,
sold for $5,520.00 From
Stack's sale of the Miles Collection, October 1968, Lot 486
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries, "The Harry W. Bass,
Jr. Collection, Part IV Sale", November 20-21, 2000, Lot 513, "Repunched
Date", illustrated, not sold Purchased from Stanley Kesselman, April 28, 1967
Notes:
The finest examples graded by PCGS are 4 MS-61's.
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial
Coins" by Walter Breen
"The PCGS Population
Report, July 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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